Appliance for flushing closets



H. F. NEUMEYER. APPLIANCE Foa FLUSHING cLosETs. APPLICATION FILED NOV.17, 1921.

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APPLIANCE FOR FLUSHINGcLosETs.

PatentedSept. 12, 1922.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17| i921 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

attenua@ Patented Sept. 12, 1512.2.

UNITED sraras Parleur orifice.

HORACE FALK NEUMEYER, OF MACUNGIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HGBART G. BIEIIN, OF QUAKERTOWN, IENNSYLVANIA.

Application filed November 17,1921.

T0 all whom. l? may concern.'

Be it known that I, HORACE F. NEUMEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at l\/lacungie, in the county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Appliance for Flushing Closets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel type of appliance for flushing closets; to dispense with the customary rubber or leatherllush valve which is so liable to get out of order; and to dispense with the usual float ball; and to provide an improved automatic gravity system. It is also my object to provide a novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described. I attain these and other objects of my invention by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention, partly in section to more clearly show its construction;

Fig. 2 is atop plan;

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section through the outer tank, with other parts shown in end elevation, in the position normally occupied by the parts prior to operation of the pull bar 9;

Fig. 4 is a similar view with the various parts of the apparatus in the position they occupy at the moment when the pull bar .is being operated; and

Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of rack 10.

Like numerals designate like parts in each of the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I provide a. main tank 1 and cover 2 and Hush pipe 14 opening out of the bottom of the main tank, all of usual construction eX- cept that a bearing 6 is provided on tank 2 for stub shaft 4 of the inner rotatable tank 3 which also has a stub shaft 5 at its other end, mounted on bearing 7, said bearing being supported by bracket 8 which is suitably secured to the main tank 1.

Mounted on stub shaft 4 I provide a pinio'n 11 fixed to the shaft and operatively engaged by the rack 10 to which a suitable pull bar 9 is secured. I also prefer to provide a suitable collar 12 on stub-shaft 4 to prevent sidewise movement. The rotatable tank 3 is provided with a suitable discharge opening extending approximately the entire length of the tank, as shown in Fig. 2.

APPLIANCE :FOB FLUSHING CLOSE'IS.

Serial No. 515,849.

Referring to Figs. 3 and 4 I provide a suitable inlet conduit 15 disposed to discharge water into opening 13 of tank 3 to fill that tank. I provide any suitable controlling valve 16 for conduit 15. Said valve is provided with a valve stem 17, which is operatively connected by the link 18 of the weight lever 19 which is mounted by means of pivot 20 on clamp 21, which latter member is attached to conduit 15, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Teight lever 19 is operatively connected by means of gravity link 22 with the gravity tank 24, link 22 being pivotally attached to lever 19 and pivotally attached at 23 with gravity tank 24, whereby movement of the gravity tank will correspondingly move the weight lever 19 and in turn control the operation of valve 16. Secured to gravity tank 24 is a suitable fork 25 which enn gages a pin 26 aiiiXed to the end of the rotatable inner tank 23, whereby the rotation of that tank will simultaneously cause gravity tank 24 to also rotate to discharging position. Gravity tank 24 is provided with a suitable discharge opening 23, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. In the upper portion of rota-- table tank 3, I provide a spout 27 arranged to discharge water from tank 3 into the opening 23 of gravity tank 24 when the latter is in the position shown in Fig. 3.

In operating the appliance the pull bar 9 is pulled outward as shown in Fig. 4, the rack 10 engaging the pinion 11 on stub-shaft 4 and thus causing the tank 3 to rotate so that the discharge opening 13, which eX- tends the entire length of the top of tank 3 will let the water escape suddenly into main tank 1 and thence through flush pipe 14. rllhe pin 26 engaging the fork 25 which is affixed to the gravity tank 24 causes the latter to also rotate and discharge a considerable part of its contents, thereby lightening. its weight sufficiently so that weight lever 19 will move to an upwardly inclined position, as shown in Fig. 4, and link 18 will thereby release valve 16 from the normally closed position in which it is maintained when gravity tank 24 is weighted down by the water. Vith the valve 16 open the water is permitted to flow past the valve and through inlet conduit 15 to rell the rotatable tank 3 .which normally swings back to its original position as shown in Fig. 3 immediately after operation of pull bar 9.

The construction described vis simple and provides an appliance that-can easily be repaired and parts removed or replaced. .The rotatable c-ylinder 3 can be readily removed by unscreiving the pull bar 9 .from rack 10 and lifting` the cylinder or tank 3 out of the main'tank l. l

For the sealing of the trap after flushing, a small opening or hole may be made in the inlet. conduit l5 intermediate the valve 16 and the discharge end thereof.

Vhat I claim is: 1

l. ln an appliance `for flushing closets, the combination of a main tank, a`v rotatable tank mounted Within said main tank, and having a relatively large discharge opening, a pull bar operatively connected With the rotatabletank and arranged to rotate the same when pulled, a gravity tank mounted ad] acent the rotatable tank and filled from said tank, an inlet conduit arranged to discharge into the rotatable tank, a valvein the path oi' the inlet conduit,l and Weight operated means controlling said valve, said means being attached to 'and its operation determined by the Weight of Water in the gravity tank, and means operatively connecting the gravity tank With the rotatable tank.

2. In a flushing appliance for closets including an inlet conduit and a flushing tank,

the combination of means for automatically filling said tank com risinff a valve dis Pv 7 b posed in the path oi'iv the inlet conduit, a gravity tank automatically filled from the flushing tank, said gravity tank being suspended froml a Weight lever, said Weight lever being operatively connected With the aforesaid valve, and means operatively con- ,necting the gravity tank and flushing tank,

whereby yrotation of the latter will also rotate the gravity tank to discharge and lighten the same and thereby open thevalve under the pressure of Water in the inletV conduit 3. In anappliance for flushing closets, the combination with a main tank having the usual flush pipe, of a cylindrical tank 1rotatably mounted and removably supported Within the main tank, said cylindrical tank having a suitable discharge opening, means for manually rotating said tank to discharge its contents into the main tank, a gravity tank, means for discharging the yvvater from the cylindrical tank into the gravity tank when the latter is full, means for, operatively o'fivhich'is rotatable ofsubstantially Adifferent sizes, thesmaller tank being manually operable'to discharge its contents into the larger tank, of an inlet conduit, a normally closed, valve inithe path. of said conduit, andgravity controlled means foroperatfing said valve toopen position with the aid of the pressure of the Water in the conduit immediately on discharge ofthe contents of the inner tank When the closet is lflushed, said smallertank being arranged to actua-te the gravity controlled means to simultaneously lighten the same and openv the lintakev valve upon discharge of the Water in the Hushingtank.'

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